Lia: 410 books

This book illustrates applications of mathematics to various processes (physiological or artificial) involving flowing blood, including hemorheology, microcirculation, coagulation, kidney filtration and dialysis, offering a historical overview of each topic. Mathematical models are used to simulate...

Social work research is concerned with complex social issues closely connected to communities of people who are marginalized and oppressed. This volume develops critical and creative research methodologies that place questions of social justice at their centre and take innovative approaches to collecting,...

A highly practical but also readable book for allotment owners and people who want to feel closer to nature. Distinctly British, it mixes folklore with foraging for a contemporary, non-superstitious audience. A beautifully designed gift book, heavily illustrated with black-and-white...

This is a book that unashamedly brings love, spirit and soul into the heart of the supervision process but does so without becoming sanctimonious or precious. We see this through the various heart-felt experiences and stories of the different helping professionals that Robin Shohet has brought together' -...

Legacies of State Violence and Transitional Justice in Latin America presents a nuanced and evidence-based discussion of both the acceptance and co-optation of the transitional justice framework and its potential abuses in the context of the struggle to keep the memory of the past alive and hold perpetrators...

This new study is devoted to understanding how international terrorism is shaped, how it evolves and what we can expect in the future. Drawing upon research and methods outside the traditional focus, and by taking both a theoretical approach and a new practical predictive perspective, it delivers...

J’ai toujours cru que deux fragments d’une même âme pouvaient se retrouver dans deux corps différents. La mienne appartient à Maxime depuis toujours. Inséparables, fusionnels, nous avons grandi ensemble, affrontant le meilleur comme le pire. Comme Bonnie and Clyde. Et puis il...

Que feriez-vous si du jour au lendemain votre vie se retrouvait parasitée par votre parfait opposé ? Le laisseriez-vous entrer ? Mes amies me conseillent de me lâcher... Serai-je assez audacieuse, ou inconsciente, pour pactiser avec le Diable en échange de ce que j'ai toujours rêvé...

L’univers entier se ligue contre Angie : son merveilleux petit-ami est en fait marié, le job de ses rêves lui passe sous le nez et elle risque l’expulsion pour loyers impayés. Karma désastreux ? Bienvenue dans la vie d’Angie. Aussi lorsque le manager de son frère Bo, chanteur d’un groupe...

Este livro é um registro fundamental da história recente de nosso país. Hélio Silva, autor do monumental Ciclo de Vargas – que conta em dezesseis volumes a história republicana brasileira, da proclamação em 1889 até o suicídio de Getúlio Vargas, em 1954 –, faz, aqui, com a autoridade...

This book introduces Little-Madalena, Muel and Bubu. They are innocent children playing, easygoing, until they realize one of them is missing. Where is his whereabouts? Did someone kidnap him? Why? Through cartoons illustrations and narratives you follow the path of these children and their parents....

Whether it's a small citrus plant or a large vine, conservatory plants are more popular than ever. Collins Practical Gardener Conservatory & Greenhouse Gardening is bursting with practical advice and step-by-step instructions covering everything from choosing and planning a structure to filling...

Despite extensive efforts to understand the overall effect of urban structure on the current patterns of urban mobility, we are still far from a consensual perspective on this complex matter. To help build agreement on the factors influencing travel behaviour, this book discusses the influence of...